The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-11
Dyspepsia.


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Dyspepsia.
There is demon which has been fish
ed up from the "vasty deep of modern
living. Our fathers knew but little about
stomach ailments, as their food was too
plain and wholesome and their habits too
regular to induce it, But it has become
in its results one of the most dangerous
diseases of modern times The stomach
is the mother of the whole body. 1t is
the reservoir from which every fibre and
tissue must be nourished. There are local
ailments of the body, but trouble with
the stomach is soon felt throughout the
whole physical system.
Young men who leave home for acade-
my or college life need TO be on guard a.
gainst this insidious disease. Heavy eat
ing, with close application to study, will
soon produce mischief with the digestive
machinery and leave, very likely, life
long legacy to poor health Young people
also who labor in stores and factories,
while their home is u boarding house, Of
ten acquire the habit of rapid eating,
which, in time, is sure to injure them.
meal which requires haitian hour for prop
er mastication cannot be bOlted iii five or
ten minutes without injury.
Poorly cooked food is a prolific cause Of
indigestion. As in chemistry the slight
est variation from Il grain formula will
prodnce am entirely different result from
the one sought, 50 cooking, which is real
y a chemical process. requires great care
ana kill 70 secure right results Profess
sional people and those engaged in any
indoor sedentary employment. require
much more care in this regard than those
who are engaged in manual labor As to
evening dinners" each one must be law
to himself What one may do with inn
punity another cannot do and retain good
health
1t may be English to have the,hearty
meal of the day by night. but we should
remember that the environments widely
differ. The English people do not hurry
and worry as We do Their salt sea air,
which is constantly felt, is more favorable
to appetite and digestion But it is well
known that English people suffer greatly
from over-eatnig, and as we are persuad-
ed, from untimely eating When the
blood is filled with acidity from indiges-
tion the gout with the toe screws of the
inquisition is ready to torture his victim.
We may not be so liable as they TO the
gout, but how much better is chronic
dyspepsia, liver complaint or Bright's
disease?
The worst sort ofindigestion is what is
properly termed nervous dyspepsia"
\ brain-worker uses up the electro
nerve power to such an extent that the
stomach has not enough muscular power
left to digest the food The first resnlt
will be acldity and heartburn. If this is
not corrected in time the food will putre-
fy and ferment in the stomach. Then
begins the second woe. and the third ser
les of Woes follows quickly after which
comes in the shape of vertigo, paIpita-
ton of the heart, kidney disease, or al
most any other acute or chronic disease
which may happen to attack the weak
ness of the body.
The only effective remedy is to avoid
the cause of indigestion in time. But in
addition to resting the nerve centres a
little medicine is Of use When acidity
in the stomach is indicated it should at
once be counteracted by some alkaline
remedy as magnesia, bicarbonate of soda
or some stronger preparation of this na-
ture. BY prompt attention TO this rule
putrefective process is prevented from
commencing, which is hard TO control.
If you cannot prevent this fermentiye
process consult your physician at once
and follow his advice. even if you live
on Cruel and avoid all excitement fora
year You will be richly repaid in re-
gained health.
And however strong the antiseptic rem
edy he recommends as temporary check
you had better apply it then the alimen-
tary machine into brewery of food fer
mentation and putrefaction. But the
great and only permanent panacea is to
avoid the cause or causes of this disease
When Cincinn titus, Washington, Web
ster, Clay and other great and wise men
returned to their farms in the interval of
public cares and after their full retirement
from such responsibilities, they evinced {
their hygienic as well as moral wisdom.
Had others in public life now dead, fol- !
lowed their example, doubtless their lives /,
would have been spared far beyond the |
narrow limits actually reached. The care /
of Il garden, a horse, a COW or even dog 1
will often relieve a mental strain in IA 4
wonderful way. "A merciful man show.
eth favor to his beast"
There are men all about us who will |
justly arrest man for cruelty 10 a dog 4
and yet these same humane t?l persons
will hurry their own bodies and those
under them into untimely graves for the
sake of a little more money ora little
higher seat in the fashionable circles of
society," Boston .iouraai.]
An elderly minister at social party
where the young people We're dancing
being asked if be danced, replied NO,
am not educated ON that end.
A good cement to fasten ON lamp tops
is melted alum use as soon as melted,
and lamp is ready for use as soon as the
cement is cold